Health promotion and disease prevention in at risk groups; strategies and methods

Education facts

Code: MGH302

This course will deepen the students' knowledge in relation to community-based work aimed at behavioral change by elucidating health behaviour change thories, disease prevention and health promotion in diverse community settings. During the course, different perspectives on health, illness, sickness and diseases are explored and understood in relation to cultural, social, economic and religious factors. These matters are viewed as central in the help-seeking process and as possibilities and challenges for sustainable health interventions

Entry requirements

Admission to the course requires a Bachelor's degree worth 180 credits in a social sciences/health sciences/economics/arts main area or equivalent and English B/English 6 at upper secondary level or the equivalent level of an internationally recognized test, for example TOEFL, IELTS.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Health promotion and disease prevention in at risk groups; strategies and methods

  University of Gothenburg

  Start date: 5 November 2025

  End date: 18 January 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %